Jo Gabriele Sheppard

Artist

Jo graduated from Camberwell College of Arts in 2021 with an MA degree in Fine Art sculpture. She has participated in shows mainly in London and was recently a contributor for Arty magazine. In 2021 her sculpture was selected for the Hannah Peschar Sculpture Award Show. She has a background working as a botanical artist for natural skin care ranges.

Molly O’Neill

Artist

Molly O’Neill, I studied Illustration Animation at Kingston School of Art and then a Master’s in Fine Art at the University of Brighton. I have worked freelance for the last few years in both illustration and animation jobs, working with companies such as Be the Fox and Unilever. After working freelance for a while I decided I wanted to have more focus on the concept of my work and since studying for my Master’s I have realised that the focus of my work is usually around nature. 
Due to the current climate crisis, I have been driven to focus my work around empathy for nature and how this can bring us closer to understanding the importance of looking after the environment. I have focused my research on “Deep ecology”. This is a term brought to us by the Norwegian philosopher  Arne Naess, in 1972 and I’m working with the Moving Image as a tool to understand our connection to nature.

John Reddin

Artist

John Reddin is a multimedia artist who utilises everything from programming & electronics to atmospheric soundscapes. He’s invested in Web Mazes and ARGs. Using interactive code to create puzzles and experiences which entice users to engage with content with ‘outside the box’ thinking. John is also experienced in music and video editing and developing new ways to fuse sound and visuals. John hosts the interactive site ‘geekbiscuit.com’ which uses creative web code to simulate a command prompt. ‘If you want to find anything on there you’re going to have to work for it’.

Mona Ellie

Artist

Mona is an artist working through the mediums of sound, writing and imagery. Mona has an Ma in Contemporary Art Theory where she studied at Goldsmiths. She is also one of the singing duo –Robbie and Mona, a surrealist dream pop duo. . As a contemporary artist Mona is excited by the stories that emerge in the “instant-now” and from “feeling-thoughts” when in an embodied and charged bond with takes place with your material, guided by sensation more than comprehension. Mona is interested by spontaneous storytelling, unmotivated by pre-established narrative rules and expectations.

Jevon Antoni-Ray

Actor

Jevon first trained as a visual artist, later becoming a dancer at The Royal Ballet School United Kingdom and The Balettakademien Stockholm. He started performing in Sweden – joined the Norwegian Ballet and later The National Ballet of Canada. When he returned to the UK, he continued to perform as actor/singer in film and theatre productions – amongst which was the rock-musical ‘Hair’. His credits embrace a First Prize in Baden Baden for the Dutch TV production of ‘Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat ‘ on which he choreographed-directed, designed costumes and the makeup. Further credits would be a BAFTA nomination for ‘Stanley Baxter on Television’ and a Hollywood Music Award for his work on ‘Venus’ for the pop group Bananarama. Subsequently he took a scholarship extending his training as singer-soloist with the internationally renowned opera coach, Nina Walker; this was while he continuing to sustain a career as a singer, performer and choreographer on stage and film productions. In later years, Jevon has devoted his time to community work, specifically working with young people – this encouraged his passion for psychology and behavioural evolution. This now motivates a great deal of his personal work – recording of poetic prose music, sound design, video and non-linear text.

Maya Kihara

Actor

Maya’s introduction to theatre is from the original story tellers: East Africans. History was shared by the retelling of myths and legends, through the use of physical theater and narration to the beat of a cowhide drum.Her understanding of theatre was further enriched in high school with the introduction of western theater practitioners, such as Brecht and Stanislavski. As well as western musicals, where she played Marty in her schools rendition of Grease.After High School she moved to Brighton to study Medical Neuroscience and enrolled at the Academy of Creative Training. During her 3 years in Brighton she was part of the ensemble in Sussex university’s production of Sondheim’s ‘Company,’ starred in a student film and played Eva from ‘The Accrington Pals’ at the Lantern Theater. Now she continues to pursue a career as a storyteller by merging disciplines from her Medical Neuroscience degree and acting training to further enrich world she aims to create.

Julia Mandler

Actor

Originally from Minneapolis, Julia has had the pleasure of performing in theaters in Wellington, Melbourne, and London, in addition to her hometown. Julia started her acting career as a child and has since trained at St. Paul Conservatory for Performing Artists and Whitman College. Alongside her acting work, Julia is also passionate about theater and film directing. She graduated with a Masters of Arts in Film Directing from Met Film School in 2022 and recently completed a directing course at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. Her debut short film, “Tap Twice,” has been lauded on the film festival circuit, winning Best Experimental Short Film at the Poppy Jasper International Film Festival in 2023 and was an official selection at several others. Recently, Julia has been seen as Hermia in a feminist adaptation of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” produced by the Keyhole Theatre Company, which she co-founded. The production had a successful run at the Latest Music Bar in Kemptown.

Louise Watts

Actor

Louise studied an Art and Illustration Foundation Diploma in her first year in Brighton in 2013. Her deep interest in interpersonal relationships led her to study a degree in Theatre Arts specialising in Wigs, Hair and Makeup. Over the last decade she has performed at many historic venues such as KOKO, Electric Ballroom, Hootanannys, Concorde 2, the British Library, Spiegel Tent and the Dome among others and is well known amongst the festival circuit from immersive acting roles at almost 100 festivals. After achieving a 1st in her degree she began a busy arts career starting with extensive work in hair and makeup, including roles such as Head of Wigs and Makeup on ‘CATS – Cyprus’ and ‘Hair’. She assisted the Head of Wardrobe in a private education setting and went on to become Head of Wardrobe, designing, sourcing and fabricating several productions per year, often with over 100 costumes as well as designing and dressing wigs, training students in hair and makeup and painting their sets. She also has over 5 years experience teaching drama, LAMDA and curriculum. She is now training to be a Transactional Analyst Psychotherapist which informs her creative practice by continuing to deepen her understanding of the human experience.

Nick Petrouis

Videographer

Nick Petrouis taught F.E and H.E Media Production and Digital Filmmaking before he decided to pursue freelancing in Brighton. Over the years he has created many videos for the hospitality industry, winning competition video entries. Currently directing and DoP for music videos for emerging talent in the Brighton music scene. Applying his understanding with the practical and theoretical of filmmaking he is now developing short films.